There’s no way he can claim Scherbo’s career was superior. Not any more.
Category: Gymnastics
tumbling out of the Biles
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Nina Derwael – Bars
Hancharou Uladzislau Olympic Tramp Champ
GOLD – Hancharou (BLR)
SILVER – Dong (CHN)
BRONZE – Gao (CHN)
full finals results
https://twitter.com/dvorameyers/status/764542774867820544
Hancharou’s goal for this competition was Silver.
Hancharou is only age-20. And Trampolinists can stay at the top of their game for a long, long time. 🙂
David Belyavsky engaged
Amanda Turner:
After winning a silver medal with the Russian team on Monday, gymnast David Belyavsky managed to make his night even more memorable. In Rio de Janeiro, he proposed to his girlfriend of four years, who naturally said yes. …
She said she plans to stay in Rio until the end of the competition, as Belyavsky qualified to finals on pommel horse and parallel bars, and travel back with him to Russia.
Ksenia Afansyeva will be married in September.
Team mate Ksenia Semyonova is expecting a baby in November, with her partner Denis Ablyazin.
University of Texas swimmer $740,000
The NCAA rules remind me of the bad old days when professionals could not compete in the Olympics. Sooner or later the NCAA are going to have to come to terms with allowing student athletes to profit from their sports.
American collegiate sport allows EVERYONE to profit … aside from the athletes. 😦
This loophole might speed the process.
Singapore’s Joseph Schooling, set to be a junior at the University of Texas, won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Olympics …
The achievement – Singapore’s first medal in Rio — qualified him for an award of about $740,000 from the Singapore National Olympic Council that he will be able to keep without forfeiting his remaining college swimming eligibility.
Prior to the NCAA rules change in 2015, that would not have been possible. …
Under the incentive program’s rules, Schooling will have to give 20% of his award money to the Singapore Swimming Association, but he’ll still be left with a tidy sum. …
Ellie Black 5th AA in Rio
Ellie‘s best international competition ever. 5th all-around.
Click the image to watch her final apparatus – Vault – on CBC. Kyle Shewfelt commentating.
NBC Prime did not bother showing any of Ellie’s routines focusing instead on Seda’s terrible day. 😦 Serious Gymnastics fans and coaches should avoid NBC Prime’s edited version of international competitions. All of the available alternatives are more objective & show more routines.
(via Kristi Marks Cloman)
Men’s pirouetting deductions
The rules on Men’s Horizontal Bar are stupid. 1 1/2 pirouetting elements are overvalued so almost every gymnast uses them.
Deductions are not as severe as in WAG, but they are severe. It’s very easy to suffer a 0.3 or 0.5 deduction.
FIG graphics via papaliukin
The problem had been that FIG judges were not enforcing these rules. Instead of a 0.3 deduction, they’d take only 0.1, for example.
But at Worlds 2015 evaluation suddenly became more severe. I asked judges at Worlds if a message had been sent to start enforcing these rules more accurately. They had not.
Here’s one of the best you’ll ever see. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Nobody likes messy late regrasp skills. Not even this cat.
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It’s obvious that those overused elements should be devalued. Unfortunately they’ve not been devalued in the most recent DRAFT Code of Points. We’ll suffer another 4 years. 😦
reasons to date a gymnast
guest post by Date an Athlete:
Everybody watches the Olympics and asks themselves – How do they do that? It would be an amazing achievement to be competing in any sport at that level, but one practice which is beyond astounding to watch is, of course our favourite: gymnastics! It’s hard to think that we could ever hurdle onto a springboard and complete a successful vault with several twists and turns (without causing some serious damage) which is why it’s best left to the professionals. However if you can’t be a gymnast, the next best thing is to date one, and here are just some reasons why:
Flexibility
This is the main, most exciting attribute of dating a gymnast, not only is it endlessly entertaining to watch them jump and flip around the living room, they’ll certainly be able to show you a thing or two that no other date you’ve ever been on could live up to. Of course, we’re talking about bending around the cooker to get that teaspoon you dropped. Also, the more flexible a person, the less injuries they incur. So you can moan about your bad back without having to listen to them complain in return – sounds ideal!
Train Constantly
Gymnasts are constantly training. They don’t have a choice in that regard. But imagine you had a massive argument the night before – at least you can guarantee they won’t be there for awkward silences in the mornings. You also know that they aren’t frolicking around or taking part in any other affairs. They’re almost certainly going to be at the gym. Think about that peace of mind after a fight! This of course does have its downsides, it might be hard with them being at training so often but space is a healthy part of any relationship and there’s nothing stopping you from going to see them in their sessions and spectating for a couple of hours a day, aka enjoying the view.
Strength
Gymnasts are amazingly strong, especially in their core and arms which means they can give the most amazing hugs on days when nothing seems to be going right. Not just that, they’ll protect you in any situation and you even get a free punch bag for those home boxercise sessions, as well as making their strong, toned body particularly easy on the eye.
You Don’t Have to Spectate in the Rain
This is one of the perks of dating a gymnast over let’s say, a long distance runner. You don’t have to brave the cold, rainy weather. When you go along to watch those training sessions you’ll know that whatever the weather, you’re going to stay looking and feeling great without having to worry about packing your mac.
Great Memory
The final reason to date a gymnast is their brain: they remember countless routines for pommel, floor, high bars etc., which means they have an amazing memory. This is certainly useful when they don’t turn up for your date on time because they can’t use the excuse ‘I forgot’ or ‘I didn’t realise’. If this happens, you can question why they didn’t forget that triple lutz they were doing at the sixth second of their routine earlier on (but you might look a bit petty if it’s the first date).
Discover more hilarious reasons as to why you should date a gymnast right here:
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